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I was here again exactly 1 yr ago. Oh boy, I was so glad and felt lucky to witness the remake of history! This is like a replica of the previous ship that was sunk in the 1745. This new ship is taking two year long journey to China. As of now, they have already arrived China, and they will be arriving Singapore soon, about 4 mths later, and celebrating their new year here!!

This ship isn’t very big but it is very “vikings” looking :P I could feel the excitement with the crew and took many pics and even video footage of the ship!! Unfortunately, the public weren’t allowed to go inside the ship but could only take pic from the outside. Only invited VIP were allowed :(

The legendary “Gotheborg,” which made three voyages from Gothenburg to Guangzhou between 1743 and 1745, smashed into rocks about 900 meters from its destination after a 30-month voyage to China and sunk with its entire cargo outside the port of Gothenburg on its last return trip to Sweden in 1745.

The wreckage of the ship was recovered in 1984 and excavation conducted from 1986 to 1992. The discovery led to the idea of rebuilding a replica of the ship using the same traditional techniques and materials and sailing it to China again.

I heard there would be changes of crew in some of these destinations e.g. in Spain, and another change of crew when they arrive in Singapore!

schedule of various routes

I want to witness the history again and make sure I am taking the pic again when they are here in Singapore! And I’ll be celebrating New Year with them, HIPPIE ;)!!

It was in 1997, and the same year and same day that Princess Diana has passed away !(date on the pic).. We were there for about 2 days, Aug 31st to Sept 1st. I still remember that I was almost drowned in the miami beach..I had swum too far away, but got rescued by my good friend, whew :P

I finally got on the shore safely, rested enough, and we drove back home. On the way, we stopped by a convienient store and saw the shocking news of Princess Diana’s death..I felt an instant sadness, confusion, but at the same time felt grateful that I am still alive! Life is really precious, any one could be gone anytime!

I think from that trip, both me and my good friend, well, an American male friend, had gained some insights and things. At that time, he was constantly feeling sad, and trying to get over his break up with his Singaporean ex girlfriend(who is my good friend, still is, and she is living in Singapore now :)). It took him months to let go, and finally did it after the trip! =)

We didn’t party all night, but we did lots of walking around the entertainment area. It was very happening and fun place to be at. The entertainment scene was great, and lots of fine mexican food can be found here!

It’s a pity that I couldn’t get to go back to Miami & Key West again when I went back to the States about 9 mths ago, mainly due to the hurricane warning in the southern area. Only managed to visit Tampa, Orlanda, Clearwater, and St. Peterburg area.

One of my favorite countries in the world! Canada!!

Canadians are truly lucky to own one of these wonders in the world! The Niagara Falls is really an amazing place that you must not miss when you visit Canada!

I always wanted to visit this beautiful place and experience the awe-inspiring sight when I first saw it from the movie “Superman” in the 70s..Yup, I have imagined myself being rescued by him a few times in that place! lol

It did feel like in dreamscape when I there in 1993, awwww..!! So surreal scene and a very picturesque view of a waterfall!! This is by far one of my favourite places to visit and one of the favourite travel pics I have taken over the years!! And look closely, wow, rainbow!! (Pic was taken using a huge old 90s camera with a cool remote control, was considered innovative at that time lol)… I was lucky to have captured the awesome sight of the beautiful rainbow over the whole area, and I do feel very proud to have captured this moment in the pic!

Oh I really love this place! I love Canada!! So now, can the Canadian govt hire me to be their Ambassador ? ;)